Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  On this day in history death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on April - 15.  

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on this day in history.  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.  

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on April - 15.  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.  

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On April - 15 georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.  

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.